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of sand, or light earth, in a warm part of a barn, or 

 in a cellar ; and there you must lay it in, row after 

 row, not covering the points of the leaves. To have 

 seed, take one plant, in spring, out of the rid<je left 

 in the garden. Plant it in an open place, and you 

 will have seed enough to serve a whole township 

 For soup, the seed bruised is as good as the plant 

 itself. For the number of years that the seed will 

 keep good, see Paragraph 150. 



211. CHERVIL is an annual plant. Its leaves 

 are a good deal like those of double parsley. They 

 are used in salads. A small patch, sown in rows, 

 like parsley, is enough. 



212. GIVES, a little sort of ohion, which is pe- 

 rennial. The greens only are used. A small quan 

 tity is sufficient for a garden. This plant may be 

 propagated from seed, or from offsets. 



213. CORIANDER is an annual plant that some- 

 persons use in soups and salads. It is sown in 

 spring. The seed is also used as a medicine. A 

 small patch, probably two square yards, will be 

 enough. 



214. CORN (Indian.) To have some early, the 

 early sorts must be got. A dozen or two of plants 

 may be easily raised in pots, as directed for Cu- 

 cumbers. See Cucumber. 



215. CORN-SALAD. This is a little insignifi- 

 cant annual plant that some persons use in salads, 

 though it can hardly be of any real use, where let- 

 tuce seed is to be had. It is a mere weed. 



216. CRESS (or Pepper-Grass) is very good in 

 salads along with lettuces, white mustard, or rape. 

 It should be sown in little drills, very thick (as 

 should the white mustard and the rape) and cut be* 

 fore it comes into rough leaf. A small qua.ntity, 

 in the salad-season, should be sown every six days 



